PIERMONT - The Diplomat Health and Swim Club has closed after more than four decades, with its owner citing financial struggles at the Route 9W mainstay.

The club's phone was not in service Monday and a message on its website from owner Bruce Woolley reads: "We continue to explore strategies to re-open. We will advise members of the news in that area."

A note posted on the front door states that when the club closed for maintenance June 28, Woolley planned to reopen July 7, but couldn't do so because of financial struggles complicated by a family illness.

The note states the announcement comes "with a heavy heart and great sadness" after 43 years at the Diplomat.

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A notice on the entrance to the closed Diplomat Health and Swim Club in Piermont July 30, 2018.(Photo: Peter Carr/The Journal News)

"Although we are also pursuing a potential sale of the club, nothing concrete has transpired," the note reads. "Therefore the club will remain closed until further notice."

Members are advised to email him for a prompt reply as he continues "to resolve all matters in a fair and equitable way."

In concludes: "Yours in health, Bruce."

Woolley wrote in an email response to The Journal News on Monday evening: "We are pursuing strategies to re-open Diplomat."

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The closed Diplomat Health and Swim Club in Piermont July 30, 2018.(Photo: Peter Carr/The Journal News)

The Rockland Office of Consumer Protection had not yet received any calls about the club's closing, according to John Lyon, a spokesman for County Executive Ed Day.

Lyon noted that the New York Health Club Services Act, overseen by the state Attorney General, requires health clubs to file a bond to protect consumers who have pre-paid for their memberships in the event a club closes.

Members affected by the Diplomat's closing can contact the county Office of Consumer Protection at 845-364-3901 or the Regional Office of the state Attorney General at 914-422-8755.